Fabian
#537 most common boys' name of all time · #1,184 across all names · 99% male / 1% female · used 1882–2025
Rank among boys
#537
Rank overall
#1,184 of 105,966
First appeared
1882
Years on the list
123 of 146
All-time
44,577
Since 2016
7,391
Peak year
2007 #253
Best rank
#253 2007
Girls
Boys
peak 1,403/yr
Fabian first appears in 1882. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 655 | 655 | #468 |
| 2024 | — | 714 | 714 | #441 |
| 2023 | — | 658 | 658 | #465 |
| 2022 | — | 673 | 673 | #457 |
| 2021 | — | 684 | 684 | #448 |
| 2020 | — | 708 | 708 | #422 |
| 2019 | — | 796 | 796 | #393 |
| 2018 | — | 810 | 810 | #391 |
| 2017 | — | 825 | 825 | #388 |
| 2016 | — | 868 | 868 | #377 |
| 2015 | — | 943 | 943 | #356 |
| 2014 | — | 1,053 | 1,053 | #325 |
| 2013 | — | 1,096 | 1,096 | #313 |
| 2012 | — | 1,162 | 1,162 | #298 |
| 2011 | — | 1,198 | 1,198 | #291 |
| 2010 | — | 1,042 | 1,042 | #305 |
| 2009 | — | 1,174 | 1,174 | #283 |
| 2008 | 6 | 1,178 | 1,184 | #289 |
| 2007 | 7 | 1,396 | 1,403 | #253 |
| 2006 | 5 | 1,276 | 1,281 | #271 |
| 2005 | — | 1,232 | 1,232 | #270 |
| 2004 | 6 | 1,224 | 1,230 | #267 |
| 2003 | 5 | 1,147 | 1,152 | #272 |
| 2002 | — | 1,150 | 1,150 | #271 |
| 2001 | 5 | 1,111 | 1,116 | #275 |
| 2000 | — | 1,081 | 1,081 | #284 |
| 1999 | 6 | 999 | 1,005 | #289 |
| 1998 | 5 | 871 | 876 | #317 |
| 1997 | 6 | 859 | 865 | #310 |
| 1996 | 6 | 799 | 805 | #329 |
| 1995 | 10 | 719 | 729 | #339 |
| 1994 | 17 | 773 | 790 | #326 |
| 1993 | 11 | 828 | 839 | #320 |
| 1992 | 13 | 709 | 722 | #339 |
| 1991 | 9 | 756 | 765 | #332 |
| 1990 | 6 | 767 | 773 | #325 |
| 1989 | 7 | 594 | 601 | #377 |
| 1988 | 11 | 542 | 553 | #373 |
| 1987 | 9 | 496 | 505 | #387 |
| 1986 | 12 | 481 | 493 | #382 |
| 1985 | 9 | 459 | 468 | #392 |
| 1984 | 14 | 380 | 394 | #426 |
| 1983 | 11 | 362 | 373 | #431 |
| 1982 | 8 | 364 | 372 | #443 |
| 1981 | 10 | 402 | 412 | #412 |
| 1980 | 6 | 360 | 366 | #433 |
| 1979 | — | 365 | 365 | #418 |
| 1978 | — | 333 | 333 | #437 |
| 1977 | 7 | 321 | 328 | #447 |
| 1976 | 5 | 261 | 266 | #494 |
| 1975 | 6 | 246 | 252 | #512 |
| 1974 | — | 233 | 233 | #518 |
| 1973 | — | 220 | 220 | #530 |
| 1972 | 6 | 213 | 219 | #544 |
| 1971 | 5 | 227 | 232 | #533 |
| 1970 | — | 217 | 217 | #553 |
| 1969 | — | 191 | 191 | #568 |
| 1968 | — | 182 | 182 | #562 |
| 1967 | — | 172 | 172 | #578 |
| 1966 | — | 177 | 177 | #571 |
| 1965 | 6 | 163 | 169 | #595 |
| 1964 | — | 141 | 141 | #653 |
| 1963 | — | 133 | 133 | #679 |
| 1962 | — | 121 | 121 | #699 |
| 1961 | — | 158 | 158 | #628 |
| 1960 | — | 186 | 186 | #573 |
| 1959 | 12 | 161 | 173 | #610 |
| 1958 | — | 40 | 40 | #1,228 |
| 1957 | 8 | 48 | 56 | #1,104 |
| 1956 | — | 36 | 36 | #1,292 |
| 1955 | — | 47 | 47 | #1,096 |
| 1954 | — | 38 | 38 | #1,221 |
| 1953 | 13 | 30 | 43 | #1,386 |
| 1952 | 12 | 37 | 49 | #1,215 |
| 1951 | 9 | 34 | 43 | #1,266 |
| 1950 | 18 | 32 | 50 | #1,277 |
| 1949 | — | 32 | 32 | #1,281 |
| 1948 | — | 28 | 28 | #1,385 |
| 1947 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,096 |
| 1946 | — | 29 | 29 | #1,308 |
| 1945 | — | 20 | 20 | #1,512 |
| 1944 | — | 22 | 22 | #1,449 |
| 1943 | — | 26 | 26 | #1,382 |
| 1942 | — | 29 | 29 | #1,304 |
| 1941 | — | 24 | 24 | #1,387 |
| 1940 | — | 23 | 23 | #1,411 |
| 1939 | — | 21 | 21 | #1,470 |
| 1938 | — | 23 | 23 | #1,409 |
| 1937 | — | 21 | 21 | #1,500 |
| 1936 | — | 30 | 30 | #1,212 |
| 1935 | — | 24 | 24 | #1,400 |
| 1934 | — | 26 | 26 | #1,333 |
| 1933 | — | 28 | 28 | #1,262 |
| 1932 | — | 33 | 33 | #1,185 |
| 1931 | — | 27 | 27 | #1,348 |
| 1930 | — | 20 | 20 | #1,658 |
| 1929 | — | 29 | 29 | #1,323 |
| 1928 | — | 38 | 38 | #1,158 |
| 1927 | — | 38 | 38 | #1,169 |
| 1926 | — | 31 | 31 | #1,311 |
| 1925 | — | 34 | 34 | #1,232 |
| 1924 | — | 40 | 40 | #1,139 |
| 1923 | — | 41 | 41 | #1,121 |
| 1922 | — | 38 | 38 | #1,170 |
| 1921 | — | 35 | 35 | #1,243 |
| 1920 | — | 29 | 29 | #1,360 |
| 1919 | — | 29 | 29 | #1,335 |
| 1918 | — | 32 | 32 | #1,244 |
| 1917 | — | 33 | 33 | #1,189 |
| 1916 | — | 25 | 25 | #1,392 |
| 1915 | — | 28 | 28 | #1,251 |
| 1914 | — | 23 | 23 | #1,242 |
| 1913 | — | 16 | 16 | #1,338 |
| 1912 | — | 12 | 12 | #1,457 |
| 1911 | — | 8 | 8 | #1,321 |
| 1910 | — | 7 | 7 | #1,358 |
| 1909 | — | 7 | 7 | #1,209 |
| 1908 | — | 6 | 6 | #1,279 |
| 1905 | — | 6 | 6 | #1,172 |
| 1904 | — | 9 | 9 | #857 |
| 1903 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,221 |
| 1900 | — | 9 | 9 | #945 |
| 1882 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,048 |